Analytics

Download Analytic Reports



Download Analytic Reports

BlendVision allows you to download reports for overall performance or per content via the Analytics module.

In this article details steps on how to download reports:

 

Before we start

  • We suggest referring to the Analytics Module Introduction first to learn how to access the Analytics module on the BlendVision web console, and its key features.

 

Download reports from Analytics module

The Analytics module allows you to download the report in the following ways:

Reports for Overview Analytics

You can download the performance report in .csv format from the Overview tab in the Analytics module:

1. Refer to Overview Analysis to access the Overview tab in the Analytics module, then set up the filters below to your preferred settings:

  • Overall filters:
    • Streaming Type
    • Time Range
  • Performance filters:
    • Device
    • Geo-Region

2. Click the download icon shown on the upper-right corner of the Performance section.

3. A pop-up window will display as shown below. You can select the dimensions you need, then press the “Download” button to start downloading.

  • If all dimensions (timestamp, access code...) are selected, the report will be broken down by all the dimensions.
  • If none of the dimensions are selected, the report will only be broken down by content type (VOD, AOD, livestream).

4. After the download is complete, the following notification will display:

Reports for Individual VOD Analytics

You can download the performance report in .csv format from the VODs tab in the Analytics module:

1. Refer to Individual VOD Analysis for accessing the VODs tab in the Analytics module.

 

 

2. Set up the preferred start/end time of report to specify the period you want to download via the time filtering function. By entering the specified time period into the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields, the playback information will be displayed on the table. 

  

Note: 

  • For data integrity, please exclude the dates within the last 2 days.
  • If there is no content being played within the specified period of time, Playback Count and the related value will display 0. 
  • The playback information of deleted contents will also be displayed on the table. 

 

3. Click the download icon shown on the right side to download your report for the summary of all VODs or for each VOD.

  1. For the summary of all VODs 

When clicking download icon next to the date field, the summary report will start downloading.

     b. For each VOD 

When clicking download icon, a pop-up window will show up. You can select the required dimensions, then press the “Download” button to start downloading.

  • If all dimensions (timestamp, access code...) are selected, the report will be broken down by all the dimensions.
  • If none of the dimensions are selected, the report will only be broken down by content type .

 

4. After the download is completed, a notification will display:

Reports for Individual AOD Analytics

You can download the performance report in .csv format from the AOD tab in the Analytics module:

1. Refer to Individual AOD Analysis for accessing the AOD tab in the Analytics module.

2. Set up the start/end time of report to specify the period you want to download via the time filtering function. By entering the specified time period into the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields, the playback information will be displayed on the table. 

  

Note: 

  • For data integrity, please exclude the dates within the last 2 days.
  • If there is no content being played within the specified period of time, Playback Count and the related value will display 0. 
  • The playback information of deleted contents will also be displayed on the table. 

 

3. Click the download icon shown on the right side to download your report for the summary of all AODs or for each AOD.  

  1. For the summary of all AODs

When clicking download icon next to the date field, the summary report will start downloading.

     b. For each AOD 

When clicking download icon, a pop-up window will show up. You can set up the start/end time of the report, and select the required dimensions, then press the “Download” button to start downloading.

  • If all dimensions (timestamp, access code...) are selected, the report will be broken down by all the dimensions.
  • If none of the dimensions are selected, the report will only be broken down by content type.

4. After the download is completed, a notification will display:

Reports for Individual Livestream Analytics

You can download the performance report in .csv format from the Livestreams tab in the Analytics module:

1. Refer to Individual Livestream Analysis for accessing the Livestreams tab in the Analytics module.

2. Set up the start/end time of report to specify the period you want to download via the time filtering function. By entering the specified time period into the “Start Date” and “End Date” fields, the playback information will be displayed on the table. 

  

Note: 

  • For data integrity, please exclude the dates within the last 2 days.
  • If the content has not been played within the specified period of time, Playback Count and the related value will display 0. 
  • The playback information of deleted contents will also be displayed on the table. 

 

3. Click the download icon shown on the right side to download your report for the summary of all live events or for each live event.  

  1. For the summary of all live events

When clicking download icon next to the date field, the summary report will start downloading.

     b. For each live event 

When clicking download icon, a pop-up window will show up. You can set up the start/end time of the report, and select the required dimensions, then press the “Download” button to start downloading.

 

  • If all dimensions (timestamp, access code...) are selected, the report will be broken down by all dimensions.
  • If none of the dimensions are selected, the report will only be broken down by content type.
  • Live streaming and Live-to-VOD will be separated into separate files.

4. After the download is completed, a notification will display:

 

Report formats

The downloaded .csv files will come in the following formats:

  1. For overview/individual content report: 

 

VOD

Live

AOD

  1. For summary report:

VOD

Live

AOD

  1. For chatroom:  

  1. For poll
    1. Poll’s Summary

  1. Poll’s Submitting Logs

 

File name

Note: Start and end time will display as YYYYMMDD

Report type Naming rule
Overview report watchTime_<start_time>_<end_time>
VOD summary report  vod_summary_<start_time>_<end_time>
Individual VOD report watchTime_vod_<content_title>_<start_time>-<end_time>
AOD summary report aod_summary_<start_time>_<end_time>
Individual AOD report watchTime_aod_<content_title>_<start_time>-<end_time>

Livestream summary report (Live streaming+Live-to-VOD)

 

 live_summary_<start_time>_<end_time>

Individual Livestream report

(Live streaming)

 watchTime_live_<content_title>

Individual  Livestream report

(Live-to-VOD)

 watchTime_live2vod_<content_title>_<start_time>-<end_time>
Chatroom report Chatroom_<content_title>_<Event ID>
Poll report
  • Poll_<content_title>_<Event ID>_Summary
  • Poll_Poll_<content_title>_<Event ID>_Submitting Logs

File format

Only supports the .csv format

File content

Note: the dimensions you unselected will not show in the downloaded file.

Report Name Data Definition
Overview/ Individual Content Report content_title The title of your content
content_id The unique ID of your content
type Streaming type: vod/aod/live/
content_create_time The time your content was created
timestamp The time your user started watching the content
customer_id The unique ID of your user
device_id The device ID of your user
deviceOS The OS version of the device
geoRegion The country where your user is located 
playback_count  The playback times your user played
playback_time (sec.) The length of content played by your user
Summary Report vod_title/aod_title/event_title The title of your content (VOD/AOD/Livestream) 
vod_id/aod_id/live_id The unique ID of your content
event_id You can create different new events based on the same live_id. The ID of each event is event_id.
custom_id The ID you can define by yourself
type Streaming type: VOD/AOD/Llive/Live-to-VOD
broadcast_mode The broadcast_mode you selected: BROADCAST_MODE_TRADITIONAL_LIVE or BROADCAST_MODE_DVR
vod_create_time/aod_create_time/event_create_time  The time your content (VOD/AOD/Livestream) was created
event_preview_time The preview start time of live event 
event_start_time The time your content was started
event_end_time The time your content was ended
duration The length of content 
label The labels you set up for content
playback_count The playback times your user played
playback_time The length of content played by your user
unique_users Refer to the number of distinct users without counting repeat visits to a website by the same user.
avg_playback_time The average playback times your user played
avg_user_playback The  average length of content played by your user
unique_customer_id The ID you can integrate to allow viewers to bring in during playback for records (e.g. Student ID)
CDN (GB) The CDN consumption your users watched
Storage (GB) The storage consumption of your content 
DRM (request) The usage count of DRM for each content
Chatroom Event ID The unique ID of your event
Nickname Viewer’s name
Message The context which your viewer sent 
Word Filter The words which are filtered 
Banned User The viewers which are blocked during live event
Poll Question Poll’s question
Answer Options Poll’s answer options
Quantity Number of viewers who chose the answer option
Percentage Percentage of viewers who chose this answer option
Answer Poll’s answer
Answer Submitted Time The time when your viewer submitted the answer

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